Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis' body itched again, and a picture of a giant eel appeared inside his mind. 'No,' he simply stated and started morphing that picture. He changed it as much as he could until he felt the boundary again.

'Decreasing my size also counts as a change, huh,' Gravis thought with interest. 'Originally, I wanted to keep my bigger body to eat more food, but making my body small again in the future might eat up a whole change this way. I think it's better that I remain small, even though finding small Energy Beasts will be harder.'

Gravis envisioned his new body, and after around a minute, he finalized the image.

"Master, strong enemy," the flounder contacted him suddenly.

'Really? Now?' Gravis thought with frustration as he lost his concentration. The image inside his head reverted into a giant eel. He checked his surroundings with his Spirit and saw the new arrival. 'Middle-rank Spirit Beast,' he judged.

CRRRRR!

Gravis tore the beast apart since it had disturbed his evolution, though he was quite surprised by the amount of Spirit that it took to kill it. Tearing that beast apart consumed over 10% of his Spirit.

'Tch, this could become troublesome in the future. I could use my body to actually battle the beasts, but it's nowhere near done. Gaining battle experience with this slithery body won't help me at all in the long run.'

The offender had been a 100-meter-long stingray. If it had come at any other time, Gravis would have only caught it with his Life Ring, but, right now, he had only been angry at it. One should remember that beasts also had no Karmic Luck, just like Gravis. Because of that, they might also experience something that could be considered bad luck.

Gravis quickly regained the image inside his head and changed it again. It was a hassle, but his body wouldn't evolve without a clear image in his mind. After a minute, the image finalized, and his body started changing again.

It took a couple of minutes before the process was over, and Gravis looked at his new body.

Gravis had shrunken to a length of two meters, even smaller than he had been initially. Together with his slim frame, he looked even lighter than a human, but that would obviously change in the future.

Yet, there was something that didn't fit the rest of his body at all. Two powerful, imposing, muscle-filled arms grew out of his "chest". They were around half as long as his body, but they were even wider. The arms ended in hands with five fingers, which had claws at their end. If one looked at Gravis, they would think that half his body was comprised of these massive arms.

Yet, since he still had his slimy skin, they only looked weird. Gravis was happy with the results, but he also felt like he was becoming an abomination. An appearance like this looked surreal and weird.

'The next evolution will be my scales. Changing the outer layer probably also won't eat up an entire change. I should be able to move my mass around a bit, and making my torso wider shouldn't be an issue in the next evolution.'

eat?" the flounder suddenly

frowned a bit. After

Clank!

broke as it was released from the Life Ring's influence. It had tried to kill him, but it had also protected him. He felt

widened as

free now," Gravis transmitted

it transmitted with anger as it shot

CRRRK!

out of pity, and look what happens,' he thought

him. Eating it would take ages. So, Gravis

expectation, he was slower than before. That was because his body had become way heavier, and it required more of his Spirit to move around.

be faster than this,' Gravis thought in frustration. 'Well, doesn't matter. A couple

started flying. The Spirit required to keep him airborne and moving

air again, or, in his case, water. 'My body doesn't require as much air as before,

Beasts, two high-rank Energy Beasts, and two low-rank Spirit Beasts. This shouldn't take longer than

saw a fitting target. It was a six-meter-long barracuda. Its mouth was even more imposing than normal, but that

arms. It's a whole rank higher than my body, but arms are more useful against animals than people believe, even

Splash!

ocean again a couple of hundred meters in front of the barracuda. The fish quickly noticed Gravis and shot at him with impressive speed. Gravis' fleshy exterior looked appetizing. Yet,

opened its mouth wide. Gravis waited for the last moment to dodge. He used his powerful arms to shoot

Splash!

barracuda couldn't stop its powerful charge

Bang!

upwards again, and

Pack!

held it above him. The barracuda struggled in the air with all its power,

Snap! Snap!